Metallisable monoazo dyestuffs and the complex heavy metal compounds thereof



United States Patent I 2 99! 280 VME'IALIJSABLE Moisolzo DYESTUFES AND THE (IOMPLEX HEAVY METAL COMPOUNDS THEREOF Gnido'Schetty, Fabio Bella, and Werner Kuster, Basel, Switzerland, assiguors to J. R. Geigy A.-G., Basel,

Switzerland, a Swiss firm No Drawing. Filed June 25, 1956, Ser. No. 593,374 Claims priority, application Switzerland July 15, 1955 r 4 Claims. (Cl. 260-151) The invention is concerned with new, metallisable monoazo dyestufis, the complex heavy metal compounds thereof, processes for their production and their use for the fast dyeing of natural and synthetic polypeptide fibres, as well as of leather.

- 'In the monoazo dyestuffs containing heavy metal and having no sulphonic acid groups which have attained great importance for the fast dyeing of natural and synthetic polypeptide fibres, up to now all the substituents used to increase the water solubility have been alkyl sulphonyl or sulphonic acid amide groups, preferably derived from hexavalent sulphur.

'It has now been found that also acylated, secondary amino groups which, unlike the sulphonic acid amide groups used up to now, contain no acid hydrogen atom at the nitrogen atom of the amido group, playa part in increasing the'water solubility in metallised unsulphonated monoazo dyestulfs to such an extent that these can be dyedv onto polypeptide fibres fi'om aqueous dyebaths. They increase the levelling power in unsulphonated monoazo dyestutfs containing heavy metal which contain the substituents which have been usual up to now to increase the water solubility.

According to the present invention, the new metallisable monoazo dyestufis and the complex heavy metal compounds thereof are obtained if a diazotised aminoaryl compound ANH wherein A represents an aromatic radical which may possibly be further substituted, which in the neighbouring position to the amino group contain a metallisable group, e.g. a hydroxyl, carboxyl or a sul phamide group or a substituent which can be converted into such a group, e.g. a carboxylic acid ester group, an alkoxy group or a mobile halogen atom, is coupled with an 'azo component B-H coupling in the neighbouring position to a metallisable group, the components being so chosen that at least one of the two contains an acylated, secondary amino group and neither contains an acid water solubilising group not taking part in the complex formation. The new dyestufis correspond to the general for:

A and-B have the meanings given above, R represents an alkyl or cycloalkyl group,

acyl represents an organic acyl radical, and I n is a whole number from 1 to 2.

The property of the acylated secondary amino group which brings about the water solubility is particularly pronounced if R represents a low alkyl group, e.g. the ethyl group and, preferably, the methyl group, and if the acyl radical is derived from a low aliphatic monocarboxylic acid or monosulphonic acid. The acetyl and methyl sulphonyl radicals are particularly favourable in this respect. Also the ethyl sulphonyl or the fi-chlorethyl sulphonyl radical can be used. Higher fatty acid and alkyl sulphonyl radicals and also benzoyl, furoyl and aryl sulphonyl radicals as well as higher alkyl and cycloalkyl radicals strongly Patented July 4, 1961 reduce the water solubility. Monazo dyestufis containing heavy metal according to the present invention with such groups can only be used for the dyeing of lacquers if the usual alkyl sulphonyl or sulphonic acid amide groups are not present; if however, they are present, then water soluble dyestuflfs having a relatively good levelling power are obtained.

These monoazo dyestufis according to the present invention can be converted by methods known per seinsubstance and, insofar as they are sufiiciently water soluble to be dyed, also on the fibre, into the complex heavy metal compounds, e.g. into the copper, nickel,- manganese, iron and preferably, the chromium or cobalt compounds, To metallise on the fibre, the after chroming of the wool dyeing with alkali salts of chromic acids in an acid bath is suitable; however, the so-called single bath chroming method, that is the dyeing of the wool in a neutral to weakly acid bath while reducing the pH value of the liquor in the presence of chromic acid alkali salts is to be preferred. The metallisation in substance is performed by methods known per se in aqueous or organic solution or suspension with the simple or complex salts of the metals listed as agents giving off metal. The metallisation is performed in the warm. Lower alcohols such as ethanol, propanols, ethylen glycol, ethylene glycol monomethyl, -ethyl or -butyl ether, or fatty acid amides such as tormamide, acetamide or dimethyl formamide are examples of organic solvents which can be used. Particularly valuable for-the dyeing of natural and synthetic polypeptide fibres such as wool, silk, Lanital, superpolyamide and superpolyurethane fibres are the complex chromium and cobalt compounds of the new, water soluble dyestuffs and, of these, particularly those which contain 2 molecules of organic complex-former of which at least one molecule must be a water soluble dyestutf according to the present invention, bound to a co-ordinative hexavalent heavy metal atom. Those complex chromium and cobalt compounds which contain 2 molecules of the same water soluble monoazo dyestufi according to the present invention co-ordinated to one heavy metal atom are to be preferred. They are obtained by reacting simple or complex salts of chromium or cobalt such as chromic acetate, chromosalicyclic acid alkali salts, cobalt sulphate, cobalt nitrate, cobalt acetate or hexammine cobaltichloride with aqueous solutions or suspensions of the water soluble dyestufis according to the present invention, if at least one molecule of metal salt is made to act upon two dyestutf molecules, the reaction being performed in a neutral to alkaline medium in the warm. In dystufis which contain only one molecule of dyestufi according to the present invention, the second organic complex-former can be another metallisable monoazo dyestuti or an unone dyestutf molecule bound to a metal atom by adding the other metallisable dyestufl? or an aromatic o-hydroxycarboxylic acid compound. The metal complexes above mentioned are produced in an organic medium in the presence of mineral acid with an excess of ohromic salt. Naturally, also mixtures of different water soluble dyestufis according to the present invention or mixtures of these with other unsulphonated metallisable monoazo dyestufls can be metallised to obtain mixed metal complex compounds in a mixture with the symmetrical compounds. Finally the chroming can also be performed by a method which again is known by reacting in the warm the aqueous solutions or suspensions of the dyestulis according to the present invention or mixtures of such with other metallisable monoazo dyestufis, with alkali salts of chromic acids, the reaction being performed in the presence of reducing sugar. The chromium and cobalt containing dyestuffs suitable for wool dyeing from an aqueous bath are used advantageously in the form of their alkali salts, e,g. as the lithium, sodium, potassium or ammonium salts. These salts are obtained in the metallising process in the presence of the respective bases or of salts of these alkalies having a basicaction, for example the carbonates or triphosphates. The metallised dyestufis may possibly also with slight amounts of basic salts; also it is often of advantage for the dyeing behaviour of the water soluble wool dyestufis containing metal according to the present invention to mix them with anion active wetting and dispersing agents orwith formaldehyde condensation products of naphthalene sulphonic acids.

In the dyestufis according to the present invention, the acylated secondary amino group can be in the diazo and/ or in the coupling component. Those new dycstufis are preferred, however, which contain only one acylated secondary amino group.

Diazo components usable according to the present invention are obtained for example from N-monoalkyl-paminophenols by nitrating in concentrated mineral acids, ac'ylating the 4-hydroxy-3-nitrO-l-alkylaminobenzene compounds obtaihed and reducing the nitro group or one of the nitro groups in o-position to the hydroxyl group to the amino group. Also the 4-amino-2-nitro-l-halogen benzene compounds can be acylated with sulphonic acid halides, and the alkali salts of the sulpha'mide compound alkylated in inert solvents, the halogen exchanged with aqueous alkali for the hydroxyl group and the nitro group reduced to the amino group. In addition, 4-substituted 2-alkylamino l-hydroxybenzene compounds can be acylated, any acyloxy groups present being saponified under mild conditions, the hydroxybenzene compound is nitrated in the oposition to the hydroxyl group and the nitro group is reduced so that 4-substituted 6-acyl-N-alkyl-amino-2- amino-Lhydi'oxybenzene compound is obtained. Further substituen'ts, e.g. halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, nitro, acylamino, alkyl sulphonyl groups can also be present. Thus, for example 4-a'cyl-N-methylar'ninoor -ethyla.mino-2- amino-l hydroxybenzene, 6-chloro-, 6-methyl or 6-nin'o- 4 acyl N-methylaminoor -ethylamino-2-amino-l-hydroxybenzene, G-acyI-N-methylaminoor -ethy-lamino-4- chloro 2-amino-1-hydroxybenzene, fi acyl-N-methylaminoor -ethylamino-4-nitro-2-amino-l-hydroxybenzene, 6- acyl-N-methylaminoor -ethylamino-4-methyl sulphonyl- 2 amino-l-hydroxybenzene, 6-acyl-N-methylamino4- butyl 'sillphonyl-Z-amino-l-hydroxybenzene are obtained in which the acyl radical can be with advantage the acetyl or the methyl sulphonyl group, but possibly also a higher fatty acid radical, a benzoyl, furoyl, benzene or toluene sulphonyl radical, the remarks above regarding water solubility also holding good here.

Coupling components which contain acylated secondary amino groups according to the present invention are obtained for example from the acyl-N-alkylamino-aminobenzenes which can also contain halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, alkyl sulphonyl groups etc. as further ring substituents, by reacting with acylacetic acid esters or diketene to form acylacetic acid phenylamides. They can also be obtained by diazotisation and reduction of the diazo group to the hydrazine group and condensation with acylacetic acid esters or with diketene to form the corresponding 1- phenyl-S-pyrazolones. Also 4-alkyl-2- or -3-acyl-N-alkylamino-l-hydroxybenzenes can be used which can be produced from the corresponding amino compounds, e.g. by olN-diacylation with alkyl sulphonyl halides, alkylation and saponification of the acyloxy to the hydroxyl group. Finally, also acyl-N-alkylamino-hydroxynaphthalene compounds can be used as coupling components, which compounds couple in the o-position to the hydroxyl group. They are obtained, e.g. from the corresponding N-alkylaminonaphthalene sulphonic acids by way of the alkali melt and acylation, any 'acyloxy groups present being saponified under mild conditions to hydroxyl groups. Finally, the acylated secondary amino group can also be in the acyl radical of an amino group, such as e.g. in the mor p-acyl-N-alkylamino benzoyl radical. Examples of coupling components with the acylated secondary amino group according to the present invention acetic acid-2-, -3- or -4-acyl-N-methylamino phenyla'mide, 1-(3'- or 4' acyl N-methylamino-phenyl)-3-1iiethyl; pyrazolone, 4-methyl-3- or 2- acyl-N-methylamiuo-lmydroxybenzene, 4-acyl-N-methylamino-l-hydroxybenzene, 1- or -2- or -3-acyl-N-methylaminofl hydroxynaphthalene, 1-(3'- or 4' acyl N-methylaminobenZoylamino)-'7-h droxynaphthalene, 4-chloroor 4-methyl-3-acyl-N-methylamino-l-hydroxybenzene. The aromatic rings of these coupling components may also possibly contain the usual non-ionogenic substituents. Preferably an acetyl or a methyl sulphonyl radical is present as acyl radical; as has already been mentioned, possibly also higher aliphatic or aromatic carboxylic or sulphonic acid radicals may be present.

Naturally, all diazo or azo components usual in unsulphonated metal containing dyestufis can be used with these diazo or coupling components, e.g. o-aminophenols', o-amino methoxybenzenes, o-aminocarboxy benz'enes which can further contain e.g. halogen, alkyl, alkoxy, nitro, acylainino, sulphonic acid amide, alkyl or aryl sulphonyl substituents, or acylacetic acid phenylamides, 5- pyrazolones such as 3-methyl-5-pyrazolone, l-alkyl and, preferably, l-phenyl-S-pyrazolones, phenols and naphthols coupling in the o-position to' the hydroxyl group and aminobenzene or aminonaphthalene compounds coupling in the o-position to an amino group which can also be further substituted in the aromatic rings by the usual no'n-ionogenic substituents.

The new water soluble dyestufis dye wool according to the single bath chroming method and the particularly valuable new chromium and cobalt containing water soluble dyestuffs dye wool, silk, casein fibres; s ainide and superpolyureth'ane fibres in a neutral to acid bath in yellow, orange, red, brown, olive to shades according to their composition. The a eings are very fast to wet and light. These dyestulfs as well as the metal containing monoazo dyestufis according to the present invention which have insuflicient water solubility dye lacquers composed chiefly of nitro or acetyl eemnose as well as acet'yl cellulose spinning solutions in corresponding very fast to light shades.

The following examples illustrate the invention. Where not otherwise expressly stated, parts are given as parts by weight. The temperatures are in degrees Centigrade. The relationship of parts by weight to parts by volume is as that of kilogramm'es to litres.

EXAMPLE 1 01 OH OH y CN N=NC I 0='N I n. CHs-N-SOz-CH:

Or complex 21.6 parts of 2-amino-4-methyl sulphonyl-methylam-inol-hydroxybenzene are dissolved in parts of water with 20 parts of concentrated hydrochloric acid and diazotised at 0 5 with 20 parts by volume of 5 N-so'dium nitrite solution. After neutralising with sodium bicarbonate, the diazb compound is poured into a solution of 21.9 parts of l-(3-chloro'phenyl)-3-methyl-5-pyrazolone and 4.2 parts of sodium hydroxide in 200 parts of water which has been cooled with ice to 0". On completion of the coupling, the precipitated dyestufi' is filtered f'ofi and dried. The dyes tufi obtained is boiled ran some hours under reflux in 300 parts' of water with 220'- parts ofa solution of sodium chromosaiicylate (corresponding to 2.86 parts of Cr): until the starting: dyestufi has disappeared. The reaction is then made alkaline by the addition of caustic soda lye and the precipitated crystal mass is filtered off, washed with a little water and dried. Dispersing agents and salts having an alkaline reaction such as sodium carbonate can be mixed in to improve the solubility. When dry, the complex chromium compound is a brown powder which dyes wool. both. from a weakly alkaline as well as from a neutral or weakly acid bath in orange-red shades. The dyeings have good fastness to light and very good fastness to milling, perspiration and alkali.

Dyestufis' having a similar behaviour on dyeing are attained if instead of 2-amino-4-methyl sulphonyl-methylamino-l-hydrox-y-benzene, 18.0 parts of 2-amino-4-acetylmethylamino-l-hydroxybenzene, 23.0 parts of Z-amino- 4-methyl sulphonyl'ethylamino-l-hydroxybenzene, or 23.0 parts of 2-amino-4-ethyl sulphonyl methylamino-l-hydroxybenzene' are used.

The diazo components mentionedabove are obtained as follows:

4-monoalkylamino-l -phenol is nitrated in sulphuric acid monohydrate to- 2-nitro-4-monoalkylamino-l-phenol, this 25 is acylated to 2-nitro-4-acylmonoalkylamino-t-1-phenol and the compound obtained is reduced.

EXAMPLE 2 15.4 parts of 4-nitro-2-amino-i-phenol are pasted in 100 parts of water and 18 parts of concentrated hydrochloric acid and diazotised at 0-5 with 20 parts by volume of 5 N-sodium nitrite solution. The diazo compound is then neutralised WiIhl sodium bicarbonate and poured into an ice cold solution of 22.6 parts of l-acetylmethylamino-7-naphthol, 4.2 parts of sodium hydroxide and 15 parts of anhydrous sodium carbonate in S'OIFparts of water. On completion of the coupling, the d'yestuif is precipitated with sodium chloride and filtered ofi. It is then pasted in 300' parts of water-and boiled under reflux with 220 partsby volume of a solution of sodium chromosalicyl'ate (corresponding to 286- parts of Cr) until the starting dyestlrtf has disappeared. The chromium containing dyestuif precipitated by the addition of sodium chloride, filtered of and dried. It' is a brown-black powder which dyes wool from a neutral or weakly acid bath in violet-brown shades which have excellent. fastness to. light and very good wetfastness properties.

Dyestufls, with similar properties are obtained if instead of l-acetylmethylamino-7-naphthol, 24.3 parts of Lcarbomethoxymethylamino-7-naphthol, 26.5 parts of l-methyl sulphonyl-methylamino-7-naphthol or 24.1 parts of 1- propionylmethylamino-7-naphthol are used.

The acylmethylamino naphthols mentioned are obtained in the following manner. Naphthyl amino sulphonic acid-( 1.7) is acylated with toluene sulphochloride to form l-toluene sulphonyl aminonaphthalene sulphonic acid-(7) methylated with dimethyl sulphate, the resulting compound is saponified with 70% sulphuric acid to form l-methylaminonaphthalene-7-sulphonic acid and this is converted by way of the alkali melt at 250 into l-methylamino-7-naphthol. This is then acylated by the usual methods.

6 EXAMPLE3 OH 0H t N: n CHrb T-SOr-CH:

Co complex 14.4 parts of 4-chloro-2-amino-l-phenol are dissolved in 200 parts of. water with IS parts of concentrated hydrochloric acid and, after the additionof ice, The di-azoniumsolution is neutralised with sodium bicar' bonate solution and pouredinto a solution of 265 parts of 2-methyl sulphonyl-methylaminoJ-hydroxynaphtha l'ene, 4.2 parts of sodium hydroxide and 15 parts of ainhydrous sodium carbonate in 200 parts ofwater'. The is stirred at 0-5 until the dyestuti' formation is complete. The dyestuif is then separated by the addition of sodium chloride, filtered otf and pasted in 500* parts of water. 20 parts of tartaric acid and 100 parts of a solution of cobalt acetate (corresponding to 3.3 parts of Co) are added and the whole is heated for 10 hours atl'tl N-caustic soda lye is then added until the reaction is alkaline to mimosa paper, heated for half an hour at 80, sodium: chloride is added and the cobalt containing d'yestufi filtered on; When dry, it is a wine red powder which dyes wool from a neutral or weakly acetic acid bath in ruby red shades which have very good fastness to washingandmil-ling.

2-meth'yl sulphonylmethylamino-T-hydroxynaphtfhalene is produced as follows. 2-naphthol-7 sul'phonic acid is converted. according to Bucherer into Z 'methyI maIinO naphthalene-l-sulphonic acid, this is' melted wi'thalkali to form. 2-methylamino-7-hydroxynaphtlialene and-then it is acylated with methyl sulphochlbride.

EXAMPLE 4 OH OH -CHI v CHr-N-CD-CH: N=N-C C0 complex 14.4 parts of 4-chloro-Z-amino-I-phenot as described in Example 3 and after neutralising, are: poured into a solution of 25.2 parts of aoetoacetic acid (3"-acetylmethylamino")-anilide and 15- pa'rts'o'fi anhydrous sodium carbonate in 300 par=ts of water; On completion; of the dyestuii formation, sodium chloride is added and the dyestuft" is filtered ofi'. The damp fil'ter cake in 500 parts of water, 20 parts'oftartaric acid areadded, it is heated to 75, parts of asolution of cobaltacetate (corresponding to 3.3 parts of Co) are added, a 10% by volume sodium carbonate solution slowly added dropwise until the reaction is alkaline to brilliant yellow paper and then the whole is stirred at 75' until the metallisation is complete. The cobalt containing.v dye stuff is precipitated with sodium chloride, filtered" 0E. and dried. It is a yellow-brown powder which dyes woolfrom a neutral or acetic. acid bath in goldenyellow shades which have very good fastness properties.

Dyestuffs with very similar properties are obtained if instead of acetoacetic acid-(3-acetylmethylamino)-anilide, acetoacetic acid-(4-'- or -2-acetylmethylamino)-anilide is used. These acetoacetic acidanilides are produeed by reacting diketene with the corresponding acetylmediylamino anilines'.

7 I v 7 Co complex 22.4 of 6-nitro-2-amino-4-terLan1-yl-1-phenol are inthe usual way, the diazonium compound is neutralised' with. sodium bicarbonateand is poured at -3? into asolution of 32.7 parts of 2-p-toluene sulphomethylamino-7-hydroxynaphthalene, 4.2 parts of sodium hydroxide and 15 parts of anhydrous sodium carbonate in 300 parts oi water. On completion of the dyestufi formation, the dyestufi is filtered ofi, washed with a little water anddried. The dry dyestufi is heated at 100 in 400 parts of formamide with 13 parts of cobalt acetate (corresponding to 3.3 parts of Co) until the starting dyestuff has disappeared. A violet-red solution is obtained which is poured while still hot into 4000 parts of water and 50 parts of concentrated hydrochloric acid. The metal containing dye acid precipitates out completely. It is-filtercd are, washed with water, pasted in 200 parts of water and, after the reaction has been made alkaline with caustic soda lye, it is heated for half an hour at 70. The precipitated sodium salt of the cobalt complex is filtered ofifwa'shed with water and dried. It ablack-brown powder which dissolves well in acetone and produces red-violet Zapon varnish dyeings' which have good fastness properties. f

. A dyestufi with similar properties is "obtained if, instead of 2-p-tolu'ene sulphdmethylamino-7-hydroxynaphthalene, 29.1 parts 'of 2 benzoylmethylamino-7-hydroxynaphthalene are used.

EXAMPLE 6 N O: CHr-NSO,GH;

Cr complex 18.9 parts of 6-chloro-4-nitro-2-amino-l-phenol are pasted in 50 parts of water and, 18 parts of concentrated hydrochloric acid and diazotised at 0-3" with 20 parts by volume'of N-sodium nitrite solution. The reaction is madejneutral with'sodium carbonate and an ice cold solutionof 27.2..parts of 4-methyl sulphonylmethylamino-Z- acctylamino-l-phenol, 4.2 parts of sodium hydroxide and 18 parts of anhydrous sodium corbonate in 100 parts of water is added and then the whole is diluted with 70 parts "by volume of pyridine. On completion of the coupling it is diluted with 1000 parts of ice water, acidified with concentrated hydrochloric acid, the precipitated dyestufi is filtered off and washed thoroughly with cold water. It is then' dissolved in 400 parts of water and 30 parts of sodium carbonate, precipitated with sodium chloride, filtered off and washed with diluted sodium chloride solution and dried. In this way a black powder is obtained which dyes wool according to the single bath process or the after chroming process in full, brown shades which have very good fastness to light.

To convert into the chromium complex, 48 parts of the dry dyestutr' in 400 parts of water are boiled for 15 hours with 220 parts of a solution of sodium chromosalicylate. Sufiicient sodium chloride is then added to completely precipitate the chromium containing dyestulf, the dyestufl is filtered off and dried. It is a black-brown powder acetic acid bath .in full, brown shades which have .veryv good fastness'to light, and

8.4 parts of G-nitro-Z-amino-pcresol are diazotised in the usual way and mixed. After neutralising with sodium bicarbonate, the mixture is pourcd into a solution of 25.7 parts of 1-(4'-acetyl-methy1a.mino)-phenyl-3-methyl-5-pyrazolone and 20 par-ts of anhydrous sodium carbonate in 300 parts of water and the whole is stirred at 0-3 until the coupling is complete. The dyestufl is then filtered off, pasted in 500 parts of water, 220 parts of a solution of ammonium chromosalicylate (corresponding to 2.86 parts of Cr) and 50 parts of Turkey red oil are added and the whole is boiled until the metallisation is complete. The chromium containingdyestufi? is then precipitated by the addition of sodium chlQt de, filtered ofl and dried. It is a red powder which dissolves well in water after being mixed with trisodiumpliosphate. It dyes wool from a neutral or weakly acetic acid bath in very fast to light red shades.

EXAMPLE 8 OH NH:

(Eb-N-SOaCH:

0o complex 21.6 parts-of 2-amino-4-methyl sulphonyl-methylaminol-hydroxybenzene are diazotised as described in Example l -and poured into a solution of 15.1 parts of Z-amin naphthalene in parts of glacial acetic acid. The whole is warmed to 10, 10 parts of crystallised sodium acetate are slowly added and the temperature is kept at 10 .until the dyestuff formation is complete. It is then poured into 1000 parts of water,- neutralised with caustic soda lye, the precipitated dyestufl is filtered ofi, washed with water and dried. It is an orange powder. To cobalt, it is suspended in 300 parts of ethyl alcohol, 50 parts by volume of 2 molar tartaric acid solution and 100 parts by volume of 10. N-caustic soda lye are added, it is heated to 70 and 50 parts of cobalt acetate solution (corresponding to '3.0 parts of Co) are added. The whole is then boiled for 3 hours, evaporated to dryness, the residue is taken up in 200 parts of hot water and the cobalt containing dyestufi is precipitated with sodium chloride. After filtering and drying, it is a grey-black powder which dissolves in hot water with a violet grey colour and dyes wool from a neutral or weakly acid bath in fast, lead-grey shades.

Dyestufis with very similar properties are obtained if instead of 15.1 parts of Z-aminonaphthalene, 23 parts of 6-bromo-2-aminonaphthalene or 18.1 parts of 7-rnethoxy- Z-aminonaphthalene are used.

Other dyestufis produced according to the above process are given in the following table.

Table-Continued No. Diazo component Coupling component Metal Shade on wool OH 12 @101, 1 OH 01' Violet.

CH:NSO:CH;

19 NH: 0H 00 Ruby red.

CH:NS0:CH1

OH H0 01 20 NH: Cr Navy blue.

cm-rr-somm 0H NH-cocH: 21 NH, new oi Grey.

CHz-N-BOgCH;

0H Nfi-coocm 22 NH: How 0: Greenish-grey.

cm-rr-smcm 0H NH-COQ 2a NH: no cm-N 0i Do.

mom

on NH-CO 24 NH; GEL-N Cr Blue-grey.

OH OH 25 @413, Nn-co-cm ci Brown.

N0, cm-N-sm-cm 26..i--.- Nn-co-cm 00' Red-brown.

TableContinued No. Diazo component Coupling component Metal Shade on wool 43 NH; CH;--CCH; Cr Orange.

/N N @N-O 0 OH:

(I) O C H: M NH HO N Cr Violet.

$5 NH: $Ha-("l GHz Cr Orange.

C3 /N l N CHx-N-SORCgH;

46 NH; l3H:fiCH: C0 Reddish yellow.

C3 /N i N CHr-N-C O 0C1H4-0 CH1 OH IIIH C O O CaHI 47 on, new 01' Greenish grey.

C Hr-NS Q a CH;

OH NH O O 0 02H! 48 NH, new 00 Greywiolet.

C HrN-S O 2 C H:

OH CHrN-CO CHQCH! 49 @NH, 110m 00 Brown-red.

so NHCOCH; Gr Brown.

on GONE: N0 2 21 22 EXAMPLE 9 3. The complex cobalt compound which contains one atom of cobalt bound in complex union to two molecules 0.2 part of the metal containing dyestufi according to of a dyestufi of the formula Example 1 is dissolved in 400 parts of water. 10 parts of wool are entered at 50, 0.5 part of ammonium ace- H 0H tate are added, the bath is brought to the boil within 45 I minutes and is boiled while moving the wool well for 1 /2 hours, after which the wool is rinsed and dried. The

wool which has been so dyed in grey shades is distinguished by very good fastness properties. 1

The dyestuffs according to Examples 2-8 and in the 50102135 III-501cm table can be dyed in a similar manner. CH3

What We clam 1s: 4. The complex cobalt compound which contains one The 301111316X chromlum compmmd Whlch contams atom of cobalt bound in complex union of two molecules one atom of chromium bound in complex union to two f a d t ff f the f l molecules of a dyestufi of the formula OH OH OH OH I l N: N:

EN an NSO:CH: NO:

COO CH3 OHFIPSOCH: References Cited in the file of this patent 2. The complex cobalt compound which contains one UNITED STATES PATENTS atom of cobalt bound in complex union to two molecules 2,437,645 Long et a1 Mar. 9, 1948 of a dyestufi of the formula 2,673,199 Widmer et a1. Mar. 23, 1954 2,738,345 Schetty Mar. 13, 1956 OH OH FOREIGN PATENTS O 1,095,561 France Dec. 22, 1954 1,097,932 France Feb. 23, 1955 SOzCzHs If-COOCH; 

1. THE COMPLEX CHROMIUM COMPOUND WHICH CONTAINS ONE ATOM OF CHROMIUM BOUND IN COMPLEX UNION TO TWO MOLECULES OF A DYESTUFF OF THE FORMULA 